Quinoa Cornbread Muffins

These delicious Quinoa Cornbread Muffins are loaded with all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors and are as healthy as they are tasty. They're great as a game day snack, easy appetizer, or with a big bowl of chili.

Friends! Today we're transforming quinoa into cornbread muffins. Aaaannd … it's awesome.

That's right, these healthy bites of quinoa are dotted with tasty black beans and sweet corn and held together with cheddar and queso. That's right, cheeeeze! Cinco de Mayo may be a month away, but let's rock our Mexican eats today. 

These quinoa cornbread muffins are delish as an easy and healthy snack and perfect to bring along to a party.

Make these quinoa cornbread muffins and a giant pot of chili and eat happy for days. And make sure to call me over. Chili + quinoa muffins = the best.

This is the kind of one-bowl, super easy recipe that makes me happy. All the ingredients get dumped into one bowl, mixed around, then squashed into a muffin tin. A quick bake in the oven and you've made yourself quinoa cornbread muffins.

These guys are a little bit crumbly, a little bit cheesy, a touch sweet from the corn and overall delicious. If you're looking for a cornbread-ish muffin that ups the healthy factor, this is it.

Dig in, my friends!

More savory muffins and pots of chili

• Zucchini Cornbread Muffins with Chili Honey Butter
• Black Bean and Corn Chili with Avocado Salsa
• Vegetarian Chocolate Quinoa Chili
• Chipotle Bourbon Pumpkin Chili
• Guinness Spiked Irish Chili

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Quinoa Cornbread Muffins Recipe

Prep: 20 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 40 minutes mins

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These delicious Quinoa Cornbread Muffins are loaded with all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors and are as healthy as they are tasty. They're great as a snack or with a big bowl of chili.

12 muffins

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup quinoa
• ▢ 15 ounce can black beans (drained and rinsed)
• ▢ 1 cup frozen corn
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 cup grated cheddar
• ▢ ½ cup crumbled queso
• ▢ ¼ cup chopped cilantro
• ▢ 1 tablespoon chili powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions 

• Place the quinoa in a pot with 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer for 15 minutes.
  1 cup quinoa
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Mix all the ingredients, including the cooked quinoa, together in a large bowl. Divide between the 12 muffin cups and press the tops down firmly. You can wet your hands with a little oil to help stop the quinoa from sticking to them. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  15 ounce can black beans, 1 cup frozen corn, 2 large eggs, 1 cup grated cheddar, ½ cup crumbled queso, ¼ cup chopped cilantro, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon sea salt
• Let the quinoa muffins cool for 5 minutes before you carefully remove them from the muffin tin. Set aside on a cooling rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 muffin, Calories: 165kcal (8%), Carbohydrates: 19g (6%), Protein: 9g (18%), Fat: 6g (9%), Saturated Fat: 3g (19%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 44mg (15%), Sodium: 451mg (20%), Potassium: 271mg (8%), Fiber: 4g (17%), Sugar: 1g (1%), Vitamin A: 404IU (8%), Vitamin C: 2mg (2%), Calcium: 123mg (12%), Iron: 2mg (11%)

© Author Kristen Stevens

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